Freestyle skiing at the 2018 Winter Olympics – Women's halfpipe

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Women's halfpipe
at the XXIII Olympic Winter Games
Venue Bogwang Phoenix Park, Pyeongchang, South Korea
Dates19 February (qualification)
20 February (final)
Competitors24 from 13 nations
Winning score95.80
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Cassie Sharpe Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
Silver medal icon.svg Marie Martinod Flag of France.svg  France
Bronze medal icon.svg Brita Sigourney Flag of the United States.svg  United States
  2014
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The Women's halfpipe event in freestyle skiing at the 2018 Winter Olympics took place on 19 and 20 February 2018 at the Bogwang Phoenix Park, Pyeongchang, South Korea. [1] [2]

Qualification

The top 30 athletes in the Olympic quota allocation list qualified, with a maximum of four athletes per National Olympic Committee (NOC) allowed. All athletes qualifying must also have placed in the top 30 of a FIS World Cup event or the FIS Freestyle Ski and Snowboarding World Championships 2017 during the qualification period (July 1, 2016 to January 21, 2018) and also have a minimum of 50 FIS points to compete. If the host country, South Korea at the 2018 Winter Olympics did not qualify, their chosen athlete would displace the last qualified athlete, granted all qualification criteria were met. [3]

Results

Qualification

The qualification was held on 19 February at 10:00. [4]

RankStart OrderBibNameCountryRun 1Run 2BestNotes
183 Cassie Sharpe Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 93.0093.4093.40Q
2107 Marie Martinod Flag of France.svg  France 91.6092.0092.00Q
351 Brita Sigourney Flag of the United States.svg  United States 90.6090.6090.60Q
476 Annalisa Drew Flag of the United States.svg  United States 85.4086.0086.00Q
5213 Ayana Onozuka Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 74.6084.8084.80Q
6154 Maddie Bowman Flag of the United States.svg  United States 83.6083.8083.80Q
71611 Sabrina Cakmakli Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 81.8031.4081.80Q
812 Zhang Kexin Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 80.6081.0081.00Q
92022 Rowan Cheshire Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 74.0071.4074.00Q
10118 Valeriya Demidova Olympic flag.svg  Olympic Athletes from Russia 71.0073.6073.60Q
111724 Rosalind Groenewoud Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 73.2072.8073.20Q
121817 Anaïs Caradeux Flag of France.svg  France 25.0072.8072.80Q
13612 Elisabeth Gram Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 72.2020.0072.20
14310 Saori Suzuki Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 69.2071.8071.80
15135 Devin Logan Flag of the United States.svg  United States 71.6025.6071.60
161920 Janina Kuzma Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 67.8048.6067.80
17414 Molly Summerhayes Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 60.8066.0066.00
181216 Jang Yu-jin Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea 64.4060.0064.40
192121 Chai Hong Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 58.0063.6063.60
20915 Wu Meng Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 53.4061.0061.00
212318 Britt Hawes Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 52.2057.4057.40
22149 Yurie Watabe Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 21.2056.6056.60
232219 Laila Friis-Salling Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 45.0011.8045.00
242423 Elizabeth Swaney Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 30.0031.4031.40

Final

The final was held on 20 February at 10:30. [5]

RankBibNameCountryRun 1Run 2Run 3BestNotes
Gold medal icon.svg3 Cassie Sharpe Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 94.4095.8042.0095.80
Silver medal icon.svg7 Marie Martinod Flag of France.svg  France 92.2092.6023.2092.60
Bronze medal icon.svg1 Brita Sigourney Flag of the United States.svg  United States 89.8088.6091.6091.60
46 Annalisa Drew Flag of the United States.svg  United States 86.8073.0090.8090.80
513 Ayana Onozuka Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 50.8077.2082.2082.20
68 Valeriya Demidova Olympic flag.svg  Olympic Athletes from Russia 79.0080.6077.6080.60
722 Rowan Cheshire Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 75.4017.8013.6075.40
811 Sabrina Cakmakli Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 74.2057.6020.4074.20
92 Zhang Kexin Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 73.0055.4071.0073.00
1024 Rosalind Groenewoud Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 70.6067.8066.6070.60
114 Maddie Bowman Flag of the United States.svg  United States 25.8026.4027.0027.00
1217 Anaïs Caradeux Flag of France.svg  France DNSDNSDNSDNS

Qualification controversies

Elizabeth Swaney, who represented Hungary, qualified for the Olympics using "a loophole", by attending many World Cup events and just finishing the runs without falling. This has been called a "mockery" and her being labelled as a "scammer" by some people, while being seen by some people as "[a person who has] put in the time and effort to be here" by others. [6]

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References

  1. "Schedule". POCOG. Archived from the original on 5 November 2017. Retrieved 13 January 2018.
  2. Start list
  3. "Qualification Systems for XXII Olympic Winter Games, PyeongChang 2018 Freestyle skiing" (PDF). International Ski Federation (FIS). 9 September 2016. Retrieved 21 January 2018.
  4. Qualification results
  5. Final results
  6. Rothbart, Davy (14 March 2019). "After a mysterious freestyle ski run in last year's Winter Olympics, people called Elizabeth Swaney a scam artist and the worst athlete in the history of the games. They're wrong". The Believer. The California Sunday Magazine. Retrieved 2019-03-16.